Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 251-266

  Holbrook, W Steven ^a   Larsen, H C ^b   Korenaga, J ^c   Dahl Jensen, T ^b   Reid, I D ^b   Kelemen, P B ^d   Hopper, J R ^b   Kent, G M ^e   Lizarralde, D ^f   Bernstein, S ^b   Detrick, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large igneous provinces; North atlantic; Refraction methods; Rift zones; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC DATA; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPWELLING; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034855829     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00392-2     Document Type: Article

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